... while Paul VI did write that it was his responsibility to sift the material he had been given by many advisers, including the papal commission
on marriage and fertility that Pope John XXIII had established and that he, Paul, had expanded, he also made clear that the teaching of Humanae Vitae
rested, not
on the personal
conscience of Giovanni Battista Montini, but
on the mature conviction of Pope Paul VI as custodian and servant, not master, of the Catholic tradition.
The case for charter schools, vouchers, and other forms of «marketized» education
rests not only
on educational performance but also
on the claims of freedom of
conscience.